Star Wars

Starwars

The original Star Wars movie is, as some would argue, the best one of them all.  The latest one, Revenge of the Sith, may be the best with special effects and budget, but nothing can beat the originality of the first one.  Well the first one made not Episode 1.  One of the greatest things about this movie is the musical score by John Williams.  I would argue he is one of the best in the business.  Whether you like the Star Wars films or not, you would be able to recognize the classic opening tunes of all six movies anywhere.  Also the Darth Vader theme is an extremely recognizable tune.  Needless to say, the music is almost one of the best things about this movie.

When it comes to acting with this film, performances are about par.  The only actor who really did anything great outside of Star Wars was Harrison Ford.  His performance was probably the best out of all the characters too.  It seemed as though the other actors were stuck for life almost in there Star Wars character’s “personality” (pg.333) unlike Ford.  Maybe the reason that Ford was the best in this film was that his character went through a great internal change during the film.  At the beginning, he is set to be the kind of guy who just looks after himself and is only concerned with himself.  Through the circumstance of the movie, though, he comes in when all hope seems lost for the rebels, and aids Luke in saving the day.  Luke also went through character change in the movie, but I don’t feel as though it is as dramatic of a change as Ford (Han Solo) went through.

This original Star Wars movie is, I would say the most believable of the six because the special effects are not over done.   Don’t get me wrong the special effects are awesome in all the movies, but I think, in the three newest ones, Lucas lost some people because there was so much special effects.  I do realize, however, that some people do enjoy alot of special effects, so my claims are only ones of personal preference.